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Luke Lea

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1911–1917ID L000165
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 489 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 489 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1913 → 1915
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1911
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.4%with Democrats
of 132 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, −6 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20783No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20632), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 64th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

3 Congresses
62nd · 191164th · 1915
Democrat · Senate · TN62nd–64th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Luke Lea

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1911–19173 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.9%with Democrats
of 489 votes · 6.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 489 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111915
1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 132 votes89.4%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

62nd · 191164th · 1915
Democrat62nd–64th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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